New regulations block public accounts from posting ‘user-generated audio or video’, often one of the few sources of information outside state media<p>China has banned the vast majority of internet users from sharing videos not from official sources on social media, tightening censorship in what was …

Are your wireless Apple AirPods already falling out of your ears? Are you trying to commit to Apple's glorious proprietary future, but keep having to fork out for single earbuds to hear the other half of your music? You could go back to the horrible drudgery of wired headphones, but luckily, …

After a man was arrested in Florida for suspected voyeurism, the Florida Court of Appeal’s Second District has ruled that the police can indeed compel him to reveal his phone passcode. Although the circumstances required for the police to demand your phone passcode are very specific, this ruling …

Is Apple set to <i>Wow the world</i> with a radical new iPhone? A rash of leaks from a variety of credible sources strongly suggest so, and they promise a level of reinvention we haven’t seen from Apple in several years.<p>Here’s the breakdown.<p>The biggest news comes from KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo (widely …

The Defense Department on Monday became the first U.S. government agency to launch a policy enabling researchers to report bugs or flaws they discover in its websites without fear of prosecution.<p>Calling it a “see something, say something” policy for the digital domain, Defense Secretary Ashton B. …

A British woman charged with having extramarital sex in Dubai after claiming she was raped no longer faces legal proceedings after the case against her was dropped.<p>The 25-year-old tourist from Cheshire said she was attacked by two men while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates and reported the …

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold their home in New Orleans' French Quarter.<p>Documents filed with the Land Records Division of the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court's Office show the property sold for $4.9 million.<p>Pitt and Jolie purchased the home in 2007 after Hurricane Katrina for $3.5 million. …

(Reuters) - An American Airlines (AAL.O) jet engine that failed seconds before takeoff in a fiery runway accident at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport flung broken turbine parts as far as half a mile from the scene, a federal investigator said on Saturday.<p>Disclosure of the “uncontained” …

A video claiming that users can add a headphone socket to the iPhone 7, which only has a Lightning port, by drilling into the bottom of their phone has been watched almost 10m times.<p>The prank video shows a man drilling a 3.5mm hole into the bottom left edge of the iPhone 7 held in a vice. It points …

What age group in America spends the most money? It depends on the category, but you'd think younger Americans -- those less likely to be married or have kids -- would lead the pack at least as far as entertainment goes.<p>Surprisingly, though, the facts tell a different story. According to the Bureau …

Pokémon Go players are up in arms after an update to the game removed a feature that helped locate nearby Pokémon and forced third-party maps of Pokémon locations to shut down.<p>The game’s first big update changed a variety of things about the app, including adding the ability to alter your trainer’s …

<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> A super PAC that intended to spend millions on behalf of the Republican nominee has quietly gone dormant now that Donald Trump is leading the GOP another sign that the Republican ticket is being deprived of the cash that it needs to compete.<p>Future 45 was rolled out with much …

Now that U.S. authorities are confident Russian intelligence agencies are behind the hack of Democratic Party emails, political operatives and cybersecurity experts tell NBC News they are bracing for an “October Surprise” -– a release of even more potentially damaging information timed to influence …

App created by French government to warn people of terrorist incidents sent out alert hours after truck attack occurred<p>The French government has vowed to overhaul its emergency smartphone app designed to alert the public to an ongoing terror attack after it malfunctioned during the attack on …

Father of truck driver who committed atrocity said he was violent as a boy but showed no jihadi tendencies<p>Outside the family home – a two-storey, whitewashed compound in the Tunisian town of M’saken – Monthir Bouhlel was at a loss to understand how his son could have taken such a wrong turn.<p>As a …

It's only been out a week, but Pokémon Go is making more money than a Meowth using Pay Day.<p>According to Fortune, as of Thursday the augmented reality game already has over 65 million users in the United States alone. Quartz reports that those players are spending $1.6 million <i>per day</i> on in-app …

Writers at the respected <i>Consumer Reports</i> were enthusiastic fans of the Tesla Model S electric car they bought and drove for more than a year, using enthusiastic language rarely seen in its sober reviews.<p>But as reliability data accumulated, the magazine also reported that the car appeared to have …

<b>(CNN) —</b> Calm down conspiracy theorists, Tom Hiddleston says he and Taylor Swift are "not a publicity stunt."<p>"Look, the truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together, and we're very happy," the actor told The Hollywood Reporter Thursday. "Thanks for asking. That's the truth."<p>It was a surprising bit …

<b>Shares in the Japanese company Nintendo have seen a sharp rise since the release of the augmented reality game Pokemon Go, gaining more than 50%.</b><p>Shares closed 16% higher on Thursday, making an overall increase of 56% since the release - putting Nintendo's market value at 3.6tn yen ($34bn; …

While you were refreshing Engadget to see all the new stuff Apple, Microsoft and Sony announced this week, you may have missed the fact that OnePlus came out with a new phone. The OnePlus 3 -- yes, that would be its third-generation flagship -- comes in at a reasonable $399 and as usual, boasts …

Use these everyday items to make your own phone camera accessories, including a macro lens and ring light.<p>These DIY lenses and filters are all inexpensive and add a bit of fun to your phone photography. But if you're looking to spend some serious cash on phone lenses, take a look at the Zeiss …

Mark Zuckerberg would like you to know he is not a shape-shifting lizard person bent on world domination.<p>The billionaire chief executive of Facebook hosted his first Q-and-A town hall using the social network’s live video-streaming program to field questions from users. Jerry Seinfeld blew in for a …

Andy Rubin -- one of the people who invented the Android platform -- left Google in 2014, but he's still helping shape the future of technology. At Bloomberg Technology Conference, he revealed that one of the startups his hardware incubator is backing has a pretty lofty goal: finding a way to …